South Side Allentown shooting injures two

Police are investigating a shooting that injured two people Sunday in south Allentown.

Around 4 p.m., a man and a woman were fighting in the 600 block of Cumberland Street when a third person tried to intervene, said Police Capt. Bill Reinik. One of the three pulled out a gun and during the ensuing struggle, the gun went off, striking one of the three in the hand and another in the arm, Reinik said.

Two victims, one male and one female, were transported to area hospitals, Reinik said. Neither appeared to have life-threatening injuries. The third person was not injured.